This Program is About to Implode.

#87
#87
spudvol said:
It's hard to explain exactly why. Unless you know the back story, which begins 10 years ago when Petersen was at Oregon, with a bump turned into much more than a bruise.

Petersen's son Sam had just turned 1, an apparently healthy toddler playing with his older brother in the stands during a preseason scrimmage. But when he fell and hit his head, a routine examination revealed a nightmare. Sam had a brain tumor. And though it was successfully removed during an eight-hour surgery, doctors soon discovered the cancer had spread to Sam's spine.

As football season unfolded, Chris Petersen somehow balanced the 80-hour work weeks and family life. His wife, Barbara Petersen, spent a full month living at the hospital with young Sam. Chris divided his time between Eugene and Portland, 100 miles away, where his young son was undergoing treatment.

"I can't imagine going through what he did, working eight to five," said Oregon assistant Tom Osborne, one of Petersen's closest friends. "Let alone going through all of that. I don't have any idea how he did it."

No one's sure. But when Osborne says Petersen isn't the typical coach -- "It's usually ego-driven, but Chris doesn't have an ego," he said -- it begins to make more sense, and to sound like more than idle chatter.

But you're wondering about young Sam Petersen. The family celebrated his 11th birthday earlier this summer. He's healthy, a frequent presence around Bronco Stadium -- "Really into football, and the Broncos," Chris said -- and a constant reminder of why his father doesn't seem very interested in uprooting for the next big thing.

Read more: Boise State Broncos' Chris Petersen eyeing BCS berth, not new job - George Schroeder - SI.com
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I knew it all happened years ago and had read that they had to stop the treatments because he had reached the chemo limits, I just had not read where he was no longer going to the specialist. Maybe Boise can hold on to him for a while longer.
 
#90
#90
I am close personal friends with Bill Belichick's Mother's Cousin's Sister's step son and he said UT is close to a deal with Belichick for 500 million per year for ten years and that he is bringing Peyton with him as offensive coordinator
 
#91
#91
g8terh8ter_eric said:
Dude, this post is almost, but really close, as big of an epic fail as your screen name. Stop recycling what you read on other boards as your own. Just the fact that you took that screen name tell me all I need to know about you. Mods should delete this crap.
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What board did this come from?
 
#95
#95
LebanonVolunteer said:
I knew it all happened years ago and had read that they had to stop the treatments because he had reached the kemo limits, I just had not read where he was no longer going to the specialist. Maybe Boise can hold on to him for a while longer.
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I did notice that Boise's new AD said his primary goal was to keep Petersen at BSU. He's certainly going to do all he can to keep Coach Pete
 
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